Artificial eyebrow



- May 14, 1935. A. STEINER ARTIFICIAL EYEBROW Filed Jan. 51, 1934 Patented May 14, 1935 UNITED STATES ARTIFICIAL EYEBBOW Anna Steiner, New York, N. Y.

Application January 31,

1934, Serial No. 709,206

1 Claim. (CL 132-1) This invention relates to an artificial eyebrow and has for an object to provide an artificial eyebrow adapted to be temporarily or semi-permanently secured to the face in the eyebrow position. As is well known, the presence or the absence of an eyebrow, especially in the presence of a female face, is an important feature afiecting the appearance of the face. Through accident or otherwise many people have lost their eyebrows or have had their eyebrows become so abnormal as to be actually unsightly.

This invention has for an object to provide an artificial eyebrow which can temporarily or semipermanently take the place of the missing eyebrow or can be used when it is desired to give a better appearance to the face by eliminating the natural eyebrow and substituting this artificial eyebrow either temporarily or semi-permanently. As fashion changes itis sometimes desirable that the eyebrow be very thin like a pencil line. At other times it is desirable that the eyebrow be substantially thick or in other fashions. It is obviously impossible after a person has cut her eyebrow so as to present a very thin line-like appearance to immediately secure a very heavy or normal size natural eyebrow for quite a while. With this invention, however, the desired shape of eyebrow can be immediately put in position and retained there temporarily or semi-permanently until the natural eyebrow has grown back to its desired prominence. Thus, the facial expression can be greatly enhanced and made more pleasing by the availability of this eyebrow in somewhat the same manner that the appearance of a bald-headed person is improved by the wearing of an appropriately designed toupee or wig.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, as will hereinafter become apparent, this invention comprises the constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, hereinafter set forth,

disclosed and shown on the accompanying drawing. In this drawing,

Figure 1 is a profile of a female face without the invention applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a profile of a female face illustrating the effect of the application of the invention,

Figure 3 is a plan view of the supporting skin member for the eyebrow, and Figure 4 is a sectional view of the same showing the hairs fixed thereon.

There is shown at I0 a female face wherein the natural eyebrow II is very thin or almost nonexistent for any one of a various number of possible reasons.

At I2 the same female face is shown with the eyebrow I4 constituting this invention in the proper position thereon, it being obvious therefrom how the appearance of the face is greatly enhanced by the presence of this eyebrow. If only 5 one eyebrow should be defective the existing natural eyebrow may be matched by an appropriately made artificial eyebrow 14, but if both should be defective then a pair of matched eyebrows I4 will be used on the eyebrow positions. 10

The eyebrow I 4 as shown in Figures 3 and 4 consists of a suitable elongated curved skin or other supporting means I5 to one side of which there have been grafted or otherwise suitably secured a plurality of eyebrow hairs l6. On the back of the skin I5 is a suitable securing means I! such as a skin adhesive, collodion, or the like may be used for attaching the supporting skin IE to the face l2 at the eyebrow position, the securing means I! used will be preferably of such a nature that it may be easily removed therefrom by any well known harmless solvent, thus enabling the eyebrow M to be removed whenever desired for any reason.

' The use of such an adhesive will not interfere with the regrowth of the natural eyebrow ll if it is desired to let it grow again and if the skin is in such a condition that it will grow back again.

The value of this artificial eyebrow should be instantly apparent from the accompanying drawing and the above disclosure. If the skin in the eyebrow position has been scarified as sometimes results from burns, the natural eyebrow will not grow back and the value of this artificial eyebrow in improving the appearance of the face is very great.

The novel features and the operation of this device will be apparent from the foregoing description. While the device has been shown and the structure described in detail, it is obvious that this is not to be considered limited to the exact form disclosed and that changes may be made therein within the scope of what'is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

An artificial eyebrow comprising an elongated flattened suporting member curved to conform substantially to the shape of a human eyebrow, a plurality of hairs secured to one face of said member and confined within the'area' of the face to cover the same, and means on the other face of the member for attaching same at the eyebrow position on the human face.

ANNA STEINER. 

